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by brlewis 6775 days ago
Is your goal to maximize customer satisfaction? Is their goal to maximize return on investment? Might their goals and yours conflict at some point?
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Sure, they'll want to cash in on their investment in a few years, so the exit might be different from what we would do if we were on our own. But we would have already had to go get real jobs if not for them, so in that sense they've enabled us to work on good ideas.